--- title: "Set up Cami for your baby · Cami Help" description: "Open Cami, tap Get Started, answer a few questions about you and your baby, and create your account. It takes a few minutes." url: https://camibaby.com/help/getting-started language: en updated: 2026-11-06 --- # Set up Cami for your baby Open Cami, tap Get Started, answer a few questions about you and your baby, and create your account. It takes a few minutes. ## Before you start - You need an iPhone with iOS 26 or later. See [Which iPhones, countries and languages Cami supports](https://camibaby.com/help/requirements-languages). - If your partner already uses Cami, do not set up a second family. Join theirs instead: tap **Scan Invite Code** on the first screen, or see [Join your family on Cami](https://camibaby.com/help/join-a-family). - If you already have an account, tap **Sign in** at the bottom of the first screen. ## Set up your family 1. Open Cami and tap **Get Started**. 2. Choose **My child is here**, then tap **Continue**. If your child is not born yet, choose **My child is on the way** and read [Use Cami before your baby is born](https://camibaby.com/help/expecting). 3. Pick your role: **Nursing parent**, **Supporting parent** or **Caregiver**, or skip it with **Continue**. The role only changes how nursing is shown to you. You can change it later. 4. Enter your child’s birth date, then their name. 5. Check your child’s profile. Tap **Customize** to add a photo or an emoji. 6. If you used Huckleberry or Nara Baby before, choose **Yes, I’m coming from another app** to bring your history with you. Otherwise choose **No, I’m starting fresh**. 7. Tap **Show Me** to practice logging a sleep, or **Skip for Now**. The practice sleep is not saved. 8. If a friend sent you a Cami link, answer yes to **Did someone refer you to Cami?**. 9. Create your account with Apple, Google or your email. See [Create an account and sign in](https://camibaby.com/help/create-account-sign-in). In Cami 1.2, the choices say My baby is here and My baby is on the way. ![The question Where are you starting from?, with four choices.](https://camibaby.com/help/getting-started/journey.webp) ![The question What's your role?, marked optional, with Nursing parent, Supporting parent and Caregiver.](https://camibaby.com/help/getting-started/role.webp) ![Your baby's profile card during setup, with the Customize button.](https://camibaby.com/help/getting-started/baby-profile.webp) Twins or more? Set up one child first, then add the others. See [Track twins and siblings, and switch between children](https://camibaby.com/help/multiple-children). ## What comes next Home shows one row for each thing you track, under **Track**. Tap a row to log it. Everything you log syncs to everyone in your family. ![Cami's Home screen with the Today pills at the top and the Track rows below, each with its last entry.](https://camibaby.com/help/getting-started/home.webp) Good first steps: - [Invite your partner, a grandparent or a nanny](https://camibaby.com/help/invite-family) - [Time a nursing session, one side at a time](https://camibaby.com/help/nursing-timer) ## Try the sample family first You can look around before you set anything up. 1. On **Where are you starting from?**, choose **I’m just looking around**. 2. Tap **Launch Demo**. You’re now in the Rivera family: Sofia, Daniel and their son Mateo, with a few weeks of sample history. Log, edit and explore as much as you like. Nothing you do there is kept, and the sample family lives on this phone only. Inviting people, joining a family and Founding Family are not part of the demo. To leave, tap **Exit Demo** on the **Demo mode** strip above the tab bar. ![The Demo mode strip above the tab bar, with the Exit Demo button.](https://camibaby.com/help/getting-started/demo-strip.webp) ### My partner already set up Cami. Do I start again? No. Join their family so you both see the same log. Ask them to share their invite from **More** , **Invite**, then scan it or open the link. See [Join your family on Cami](https://camibaby.com/help/join-a-family). ### I picked the wrong role Change it any time: open **More** , **Your Family** , **Members** and tap the role under your name to pick another. A role grants no extra rights. It only changes how nursing is shown to you. ## Related articles - [Create an account and sign in](https://camibaby.com/help/create-account-sign-in): Cami asks for an account at the end of setup. Continue with Apple, Google or your email; to sign in later, use the same method you chose. - [Invite your partner, a grandparent or a nanny](https://camibaby.com/help/invite-family): Open More, tap Invite, and send the link or let them scan the QR code. They join your family and see everything you have logged. - [Join your family on Cami](https://camibaby.com/help/join-a-family): Scan the family's QR code, open their invite link, or type the six-character code. You see everything they logged, from the very first entry. ## Still need help? Write to us and a person reads it, usually within a day. From the app, Get Help attaches the details that help us fix it, and our reply shows in Cami. In Cami: **More › Help Center › Get Help** [Email us](mailto:hello@camibaby.com) · [Report a mistake on this page](mailto:hello@camibaby.com?subject=Report%20a%20mistake%20on%20this%20page%3A%20%2Fhelp%2Fgetting-started)